Florida basketball coach accused of sexual harassment, stalking students: report

The University of Florida has reportedly been deed with a Title IX ailment successful which an chartless fig of women person accused head men's hoops manager Todd Golden of intersexual harassment and stalking them.

The university's pupil newspaper says the schoolhouse had been deed with the ailment connected Sept. 27, and the alleged incidents were aimed astatine students astatine the school.

Golden is alleged to person followed students connected ft and successful his car, portion besides sending messages connected societal media, sending pictures and videos of his backstage parts and asking for intersexual favors.

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Head manager Todd Golden of the Florida Gators looks connected aft a crippled against the South Florida Bulls astatine VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena connected November 4, 2024, successful Jacksonville, Florida.  (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"At first, it starts disconnected slow, like, ‘Oh, wow. That’s odd. This feline is showing america attention,’" 1 pistillate said to the paper. "And past it becomes, ‘Wow, he’s benignant of crossing a line. No, helium didn’t mean it that way.’ Then it’s, ‘Wait, he’s afloat stepping implicit that line.’ And past it’s, ‘Wow, there’s a representation of his d--k.’ It was a afloat grooming process with each of us."

"He would spell astatine specified lengths astir it," the pistillate added. "He would spell back, similar a twelvemonth back, and similar 10 photos astatine once. Then, obviously, [he] followed up with a DM, ever successful vanish mode. . . . Just truly assertive Instagram stalking is the champion mode to enactment it."

"He conscionable had this manipulation maneuver implicit everyone," different pistillate said. "And helium sent america each the aforesaid s--t. It was copy-paste to each girl."

Head manager Todd Golden of the Florida Gators reacts during the 2nd fractional of a crippled against the Auburn Tigers astatine the Stephen C. O'Connell Center connected February 10, 2024, successful Gainesville, Florida.  (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

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In a petition for comment, a assemblage spokesperson said the schoolhouse "cannot remark connected oregon corroborate immoderate Title IX inquiries, complaints, oregon investigations" "in bid to comply with national law."

Both women who spoke to the insubstantial accidental that members of the assemblage were complicit and alert of Golden's behavior, portion besides saying determination is simply a civilization of intersexual harassment wrong the coaching staff.

"I deliberation it is conscionable a sick f---ing gag that they’re each doing, wrong that organization, each the coaches," 1 of the alleged victims said. "They astir apt get disconnected by showing each different the pictures. . . . There’s thing f---ing sick going connected there."

Florida Gators caput manager Todd Golden looks connected against the Jacksonville Dolphins during the 2nd fractional astatine Exactech Arena astatine the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.  (Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images)

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The Gators, ranked 21st successful the AP polls, person won each of their archetypal 2 games of the season. Golden joined Florida successful 2022 aft coaching San Francisco the erstwhile 3 seasons.

The Gators mislaid successful the first circular of the NCAA Tournament past play to Colorado.

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